Centre Dufferin District High School art exhibit featured at Town Hall Gallery

January 14, 2015 · 0 Comments

The year 2015 promises to be a year of great change and talent as Centre Dufferin District High School’s (CDDHS) senior visual arts students enjoy their very first art exhibit featured at Shelburne’s Town Hall Gallery from January 15th through April 2nd. CDDHS visual arts teacher, Sanja Culina spearheaded the exhibit and hopes the Shelburne community will attend the show.
The Town Hall Gallery recognised the students artistic abilities and allowed the show.
“I’m very grateful that the Town Hall Gallery sees merit in having us display the amazing talent that is present at CDDHS,” said Culina. “The students will be involved in creating artwork for the event, along with being solely responsible for the full preparation of each submission – from matting and framing to the final installation at the gallery. The Grade 12 students will complete this installation as a part of their cumulative exam in an effort to gain valuable hands-on experience by applying their design knowledge to a formal presentation setting.”
Hoping to promote the arts, Culina’s efforts have a positive purpose, “It is also my intention this project act as a way of creating new bridges between the school’s Arts program and the Dufferin County community. Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting Centre Dufferin Art alumni students for discussions with our current art students about a number of topics: how CD Art courses and additional enrichment opportunities like participating in DCM’s annual Student Art Show assisted them in their preparedness for higher learning; their first-hand experiences and general insight into their respective arts programs and post-secondary expectations; and lastly, to stress the importance of the arts in today’s job markets. So, I am optimistic that all of these activities combined equate to a great learning opportunity for students that participate in the art program at our school.”
Current Chair of the Town Hall Gallery Board, Lynda Buffet, offered the following comment, “Our board is really excited about this new exhibit because we have always wanted to encourage youth to become more involved in this learning process. Then they can go beyond the whole process of creating works of art, to learning how to market their skills and see just how an art show can create new opportunities for them in the future. I am looking forward to working with Sanja and her students in the setup of the show and I am optimistic that we will continue on with this as an annual event for the community and this process will encourage all future young artists involved in this event.”
The public is encouraged to visit Shelburne Town Hall during business hours, evenings, weekends and any other times during public events to enjoy the exhibit featured upstairs at the Town Hall Gallery.
The Shelburne Free Press, in support of the young artistic talent this community, has to offer will be following up on this exciting story.

By Alex Sher